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December 2060

8 Wednesday
  whiteTHE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF THE BL. VIRGIN MARYSolemnity
Mass of the solemnity; gloria, creed, preface of the solemnity.
Hours of the solemnity; Te Deum
Archdiocese of Maputo, Mozambique
   whiteThe Immaculate Conception of Our Lady , Patronal Feast of the ArchdioceseFeast
Mass from the Common of the BVM, Gloria, readings from the Common of the BVM, preface of the BVM.
Archdiocese of Durban, South Africa
   whiteThe Immaculate Conception of Our Lady , Patronal Feast of the ArchdioceseFeast
Mass from the Common of the BVM, Gloria, readings from the Common of the BVM, preface of the BVM.
Diocese of Ndola, Zambia
   whiteThe Immaculate Conception of Our Lady , Patronal Feast of the DioceseFeast
Mass from the Common of the BVM, Gloria, readings from the Common of the BVM, preface of the BVM.
Archdiocese of Johannesburg, South Africa
   whiteThe Immaculate Conception of Our Lady , Patronal Feast of the ArchdioceseFeast
Mass from the Common of the BVM, Gloria, readings from the Common of the BVM, preface of the BVM.
[RM]Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture the Immaculate Conception (cf. Gn. 3:15, Lk 1:28) [from the Roman Martyrology].
Anniversary:122nd anniversary of the death of P. Francis Donahoe (62) d. 1938 at Manchester, England. Read Obituary
Anniversary:90th anniversary of the death of P. Lewis Clifford (74) d. 1970 at London, England. Read Obituary
Anniversary:81st anniversary of the death of P. Dermot Murphy (63) d. 1979 at Brighton, MA, USA. Read Obituary
Anniversary:56th anniversary of the death of P. William Loyens (ORE) (78) d. 2004 at Spokane, WA, USA. Read Obituary
Anniversary:43rd anniversary of the death of P. CeÌsar Gonçalves Cavaleiro (91) d. 2017 at Covilhã, Portugal. Read Obituary
Birthday:58th birthday of NS. Tariro Sadler KAMUDYARIWA (born this day in 2002).
Jubilee:Emerald Jubilee of P. Paul MAYERESA who celebrates 55 years since professing Final Vows today.

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1649Noel Chabanel dies a martyr. He led a harsh life as a missionary, persevering despite language/cultural difficulties. He dies at the hands of a renegade Huron.
1661At Watten, the death of Father Henry More, a grandson of St. Thomas More. He had been Provincial.
1751Jean Pierre Caussade, S.J. dies. He is the supposed author of the famous Abandonment to Divine Providence.
1848Two Austrian Jesuits arrive in Australia to begin our work there. 1860. The Irish Province was erected by Father Beckx, and the Australian Mission annexed to it.
1872The first Mass is celebrated by the Jesuits at St. Joseph’s Church on Ward Island, New York City.
1932A Letter of Fr. General Ledochowski to the Provincials of Italy on the Missa Recitata and the liturgical movement.
1980Lorenzo Uribe dies in Columbia. He was a famed botanist.
1984Walter Ciszek, S.J. dies. He is the author of With God in Russia, and He Leadeth Me. He was in a Russian detention camp from 1939 to 1963, and was officially declared dead in 1947.
1986Publication of the document, "The Characteristics of Jesuit Education."
1987John Paul II is the first Pope to visit the Oriental Institute in Rome. He exhorts the faculty and students to be "strong oarsmen " in the Bark of Peter."
2014Adolfo Nicolas convoked the 36th General Congregation for October 2016.
2014Convocation of General Congregation 36, and will involve the Resignation of Fr. General.
2016Union of Chicago-Detroit and Wisconsin Provinces Union of California and Oregon Provinces

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2060

Dominical Letter  d c
Golden Number  9
Epact  xxvii
Solar Cycle 25
Letter of the Martyrology H
Roman Year of Indiction 8
Julian Period Year 6773
Years since the confirmation of the Society 520
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  504
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 39
Sunday Readings  Cycle  C
Weekday Readings  Cycle   II
Gregorian Easter 18 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    25 April